Ferrymead Bakery is an artisan bread and European hearth bakery in Ferrymead, Christchurch, holding a 4.4 rating from 80 Google reviews. It opens daily from 8:00 am, trading until 3:00 pm on weekdays, 2:00 pm on Saturdays, and midday on Sundays.
A craft bakery focuses on slow fermentation, careful dough handling, and high-heat deck or hearth ovens to build genuine crust and open crumb. Real sourdough and European loaves rely on time rather than additives, yielding bread with better flavour development and keeping qualities. The morning crust tells you everything: a proper hearth-baked loaf should feel substantial, sound hollow when tapped, and carry a deep, blistered caramelisation. Regulars heading out towards the bays know that arriving earlier in the morning is the best way to secure specialty batches like bagels and sweet buns before daily stock runs low.
It offers Ferrymead locals a dependable spot for daily sourdough, traditional loaves, and morning baking seven days a week.
Vic's Bakehouse is a small artisan bread bakery tucked away at 4B Settlers Crescent, Ferrymead, Christchurch, committed to baking high-quality bread using traditional bread-making techniques.
Every loaf at Vic's Bakehouse is prepared with time for the dough to ferment naturally, using minimal yeast, and every loaf is hand moulded before baking. The bakehouse holds eight ovens, producing an authentic range of artisan traditional breads and pastries each day.
The bread range spans large and small wholegrain and sourdough loaves, a French Batard, Honey Vienna, Classic White Loaf, and a smaller Wholegrain Oval. For flatbreads and rolls, there's focaccia in full and oval sizes, ciabatta and ciabattine, and baguettes in full and mini sizes, with the full baguette available for pickup only.
Vic's bakes a full range of bagels, including plain, poppy seed, parmesan, pumpkin seed, sesame seed and fruit, plus a choc chip bagel available on weekends only.
Beyond bread, Vic's Bakehouse is known for its famous cinnamon buns, alongside slices, scones and filled rolls — sweet and savoury options for anyone stopping by for more than a loaf.
Orders can be placed online for home delivery or pickup, with orders needing to be placed by 11am the day before, except Sunday and Monday orders, which need to be in by 11am Friday. Free home delivery is available for orders of $40 or more, delivered between 5am and 10am across a wide range of Christchurch postcodes. Pickup is available from either the Ferrymead shop or Vic's cafe on Victoria Street.
Reviewers praise the range and quality of the bread, with one describing the rye, organic sourdough and seeded wholegrain as all delicious, and another simply calling it the best bread in Christchurch. Vic's cinnamon bun in particular draws praise, with one reviewer describing it as the most amazing they've had, alongside a fantastic range of breads.
Vic's Bakehouse in Ferrymead is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 3pm, Saturday from 8am to 2pm, and Sunday from 8am to 12pm. Orders can be placed online, or the bakehouse can be reached by phone.
Between its naturally fermented sourdough, hand-moulded traditional loaves, famous cinnamon buns and wide bagel range, Vic's Bakehouse offers a genuinely artisan bread experience in Ferrymead, Christchurch.